"The one who obtained the Heaven and Earth Imprint was Di Yao. This one is the Dream Ancestor."
Wang Xian explained.
"You actually have two Dao Companions?!"
The Fat Taoist stared at Wang Xian with wide eyes, utterly shocked.
Cultivators generally had only one Dao Companion in their entire lives, unless they were members of certain clans who had several Dao Companions... No, that was not right. Those were called partners. Anyone who could truly be called a Dao Companion only had one.
"No, I have five!"
Wang Xian corrected the Fat Taoist.
Di Yao, the Dream Ancestor, Nangong Wu, Su Jin, and Cheng Yao.
Exactly...
No!
Wang Xian suddenly remembered that he actually had another partner. But when he thought about it carefully, that one did not really count.
"You... you..."
The Fat Taoist truly did not know how to speak to Wang Xian anymore.
"Isn't this perfectly normal?"
Wang Xian looked at the Fat Taoist in confusion, unable to understand why he was so shocked.
Before Blue Star underwent Datafication, monogamy had indeed been the norm. But ever since Blue Star underwent Datafication, that convention had vanished. Especially after Blue Star began interacting with the various races of the universe, the custom had disappeared without a trace.
Even within Wang Xian's Inner World, monogamy was rare. It was perfectly normal for powerful cultivators to have several partners.
Especially now that there were many races within Wang Xian's Inner World. Finding partners was no longer restricted to one's own race, and with the unique traits of certain races, monogamy had become even rarer.
The Fat Taoist kept staring at Wang Xian, his expression changing constantly. In the end, he slowly said, "It's normal for powerhouses and prodigies to have many partners, but you're not normal!"
A Dao Companion could